The Celtics[1] scored the first 12 points of the game and raced out to a 22-point lead in the first quarter (a staggering 25-3 mark in the first eight and a half minutes of the game) en route to a 114-73 victory over the Knicks in New York. Jordan Crawford poured in 23 points and delivered seven assists, while Jared Sullinger added 21, on a day when the Celtics shot 54 percent from the floor, including 56 percent from behind the 3-point line. Crawford drained half of his 12 attempts from behind the arc.

While the Celtics went through stretches where they couldn’t miss, the Knicks endured the opposite phenomenon, shooting just 34 percent for the game. Boston also enjoyed complete dominance on the glass, outrebounding New York by a 46-26 margin.

The 41-point margin represented the 16th largest in Celtics history, and the largest spread since a 108-63 win over the Kings in December 2008. The victory improved the Celtics to 10-12, good for a two-game lead in the hapless Atlantic Division.